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MYXOMYCETE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does myxomycete mean?
• MYXOMYCETE (noun)
The noun MYXOMYCETE has 1 sense:
1. a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes
Familiarity information: MYXOMYCETE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A slime mold of the class Myxomycetes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
acellular slime mold; myxomycete; plasmodial slime mold; true slime mold
Hypernyms ("myxomycete" is a kind of...):
slime mold; slime mould (a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; sometimes classified as protoctists)
Holonyms ("myxomycete" is a member of...):
class Myxomycetes; Myxomycetes (the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota)
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